Pakistan out of the race for semi-finals. (Photo- GETTY)
The 22nd match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 was played between the teams of Pakistan and South Africa. In this match, Pakistan had to face defeat by 150 runs. This match played at Colombo KR Premadasa Stadium was also affected by rain. Due to rain, the match had to be stopped several times and the overs also had to be reduced. But Pakistan team could not avoid defeat. With this defeat, all his hopes of reaching the semi-finals also ended.
South Africa’s explosive batting
In this match played between the two teams, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. But explosive batting was seen from South Africa. However, rain was disrupted during the first innings of the match, due to which the match was reduced to 40-40 overs. Then the African team, which lost the first wicket for 5 runs, managed to score 123 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 17 overs. This rhythm continued in the end and he scored 312 runs at the loss of 9 wickets.
For South Africa, Laura Wolvaardt scored the highest 90 runs, which included 10 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Sune Luus also played an inning of 61 runs. Apart from these, Marijane Cap also scored 68 runs in 43 balls and took the team to a big score. Nadine de Klerk also scored 41 runs in just 16 balls in the last overs. On the other hand, for Pakistan, Nashra Sandhu and Saadia Iqbal took maximum 3-3 wickets. Captain Fatima Sana got 1 success.
Pakistan out of race for semi-finals
Pakistan needed to win this match to remain in the race for the semi-finals. But she lost by a huge margin. Rain was seen several times during Pakistan’s batting. Under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, Pakistan was initially given a target of 306 runs in 40 overs to win. But due to rain it was later reduced to 262 runs in 25 overs. However, Pakistan’s tension did not end here. Once again rain disrupted the match and in the end the target was set to 234 runs in 20 overs.
But Pakistan team could score only 83 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Except Natalia Parvez and Sidra Nawaz, no batsman could reach 20 runs. Due to which Pakistan had to face a big defeat. This was the fourth defeat of the Pakistan team in this tournament, due to which it was out of the race for the semi-finals. He has played 6 matches so far and has not won a single match. 2 matches have also been canceled due to rain. On the other hand, South Africa team has reached the top of the points table with 5 wins and 10 points in 6 matches.